Box or package



(No Model.) v.

' G. P. KA'I'O, Jr.

BOX 0B. PAUKAGE.

lNo. 529,033. Patented Nov. v13, 1894.

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GEORGE P. KATO, JR., OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

BOX OR PAC KAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,033, dated November13, 1894. Application filed March 14, 1894:. Serial No. 503,539. (Nomodel.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. KA'ro, .T r., a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBoxes or Packages, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in boxes and packages andparticularly to the classes thereof used for containing powderedcommercial products, and said invention consists in novel'means forpreventing the sifting out of the powdered substances at the verticaljoint formed between the lid or cap and the body of the box or package.

In accordance with my invention the upper vertical edges of the body ofthe box or package are given an annular recess into which is wound acord, the ends of the latter being suitably secured, and this cord inits thickness extends outward from the said recess a suiiicient distanceto constitue a very effective and substantial packing intermediate thebody of the box and the downwardly extending surrounding flange or rimof the cap or lid therefor. The bottom of the box will be seamed to thebody thereof in the usual way, and my invention will be applied to theupper end of the box as a means of permitting the lid or cover to beremovably applied and preventing the sifting out ofthe powdered contentsaround the upper end of the box during the handling or shipment of thelatter.

The object accomplished by my invention is one that has been long soughtand various attempts have been made to prevent the sifting out of thepowdered contents from boxes and cans,in which such goods have beenmarketed, but never before so far as I am informed have such attemptsresulted in the production of any practical and satisfactory remedy forthe evil experienced. In the preferred form of my invention, I tie aknot at one end of the packing cord and insert the cord from the innerside of the can through an aperture formed at the lower edge Aof theannular recess therein, drawing the cord through said aperture until theknot closely binds against and seals said aperture, and thereafter windthe cord around said recess until the end of the cord has been reached,at which time I fasten said end byforcing it into a notch or slit formedin the upper edge of thebox. Thus the cord is securely fastened at eachend and is locatedin a recess which will retain it in position andprevent it from being pushed downward during the application of the lidor cover to the box.

The packed joint constructed in accordance with'iny invention is one ofgreat durability and eflciency and is simple and inexpensive in itsproduction.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which-Figure l is a perspective View of the body Yof the box or package havingthe annular recess around its vertical sides at the upper end Fig. 2 isan enlarged like view of thereof. same showing the cord wound into saidannular recess and fastened at its ends; and Fig. 3 is a verticalsection through the box on the dotted line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and showing thecover on the same.

In the drawings A designates the body of the box; B, the annular recessformed in the vertical sides of the box and at the upper end thereof; O,the lid or cover for the box, and D, the packing cord wound into saidrecess and having one of its ends secured by the knot E while its otherend is fastened by being pressed into the slit F formed in the upperedge of the box.

The cord D has its free end drawn through the aperture a in the body Auntil the knot E closes said aperture at the inner side thereof, afterwhich the cord will be wound around the body and into the recess Bpreferably two or more times, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, whereuponthe end of the cord will be caught in the slit or notch F, thuscompleting the application of the packing and leaving the box incondition to receive the powdered material andalso the cover C, whosevertical ange b will pass downward over the body A and the joint therebyformed will be securely packed by the cord D intermediate said flangeand body. The presence rooV of the cord D at said joint absolutely pre-5 application ofthe lid or cover C.

The cord D is in contact with the body of the box and the inner surfaceof the flange b of the lid C and formsa soft packing which will permitthe said lid to be applied and re- A zo moved at will and prevent thesifting out of the dry powdered contents of the box. The plain softsurfaces of the cord D eiectually retain the powdered contents of thebox, and result in the formation of a joint which has never heretoforebeen produced.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The box or package consisting ofthe body having the recess in its,vertical sides, the

cover having the vertical Iiang'e, and the plain cord wound into saidrecess and having its surfaces in contact with the said body and flange;substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

42. The box or package consisting of a body and cover, the said body atits end being pro vided With the recess, aperture and slit, and havingthe cord wound around said recess and secured at said aperture and slitrespectively; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 12th day of March, A. D. 1894.

GEORGE P. KATU, JR.

lVitnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL, WILLIAM B. ELLIsoN.

